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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

I should have known they were up to something. I should have known. They were quiet with a giggle here and there. But, I was busy. I was on facebook, umm, I mean cleaning the kitchen and I just didn't check on them in time.

Here is what I found when I did check on them...

Marker on the face and hands.... And for the record, he is only crying being I told him he had to go to the naughty mat!

Markers on my pillowcase and sheets.

Markers on the feet.

Markers all over her face!

More markers on the sheets. Marker was also all over my comforter.

When I walked into my room I pretty much dropped everything, and said, "Oh pish posh." Only pish posh may not be exactly what I said. I didn't know what to do.Do I spank them?Do I laugh?Do I put them on the naughty mat?Do I throw them in the tub?Where do I even start?!!And, of course, Daddy is out of town all week so I am on my own. ALL. WEEK. LONG! Uggg!

OMG!!! Well, I am laughing hysterically, but if I were you there would be some serious time on the naughty mat and no more markers for a very long time!!! It's a shame that it is too early for a glass of wine! :) xoxo

oo man thats the worst.. Sammy wrote on my Amish made oak table w/ a permanent marker. He got a spanking and time out. Its tough.. its tough to be consistent and kind and motherly. I hope you got them all cleaned up!

I have been there more times than I care to admit and it is so frustrating at the time. I will tell however that you will laugh in a few years and you will cherish those pictures!!!! And for the record I think this stuff only happens when husbands are gone...why is that???

Oh geez! This is pretty funny. I'm sure it wasn't at the time but in a few months (and definitely years) you will crack up at these pictures.

With that said, I'm sure I would have lost it. I would have screamed at them and put them in time-out. Is that best way to handle it--probably not, but moms are only human and we can only take so much.

From a calm, cool, outsiders perspective, here is what I would have hoped that I would do:

I would probably involve them in the cleanup process and then take the markers away indefinitely. That seems like the natural/logical consequence.